Coins to invest in?

[precrime3]

This includes IPO's (just losing 1.8 LTC from edgecoin doesn't scare me)
Trying to think of what coins to buy in. Don't what BS crap that come from bagholders. If you list a coin, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY.

[podyx]

bitcoin, blackcoin, maybe nxt

perhaps vertcoin aswell

[Ibian]

Buttcoin is the next doge. Go all in.

[gentlemand]

I think this is one area where you really shouldn't listen to anyone else. There ain't too many neutral opinions when it comes to alts. Your own research will win out.

[Dacm4n]

Well just avoid the ones cloned directly from Litecoin. That should narrow your choices down dramatically and then go from there.

[precrime3]

I think this is one area where you really shouldn't listen to anyone else. There ain't too many neutral opinions when it comes to alts. Your own research will win out.

Yeah I did hope that I could actually get info. Guess be better off asking people like you. What do you think of?

• vertcoin
• darkcoin
• litecoin
• pawncoin
• Hirocoin

Well just avoid the ones cloned directly from Litecoin. That should narrow your choices down dramatically and then go from there.

Yeah thanks, will take that into mind.

[Shmoopy]

I think this is one area where you really shouldn't listen to anyone else. There ain't too many neutral opinions when it comes to alts. Your own research will win out.

This. Picking crypto is basically like picking stock, except there's a lot less information to go by. I view alts as gambling rather than investments and I recommend you do the same. Only put up what you can lose (and I mean lose 100% of it) and enjoy the ride.

• vertcoin
• darkcoin
• litecoin
• pawncoin
• Hirocoin

I missed the boat on VTC when it had the brand new algorithm or whatever it was so I haven't been following it, but their devs seem talented so maybe worth checking out.
LTC is always a good bet. It has the history other coins don't. I wouldn't trade these, I just have a few I'm holding for a rainy day.
I don't like pawncoin. Getting cash in hand is the purpose of pawn shops. Until crypto closes in on being as widely accepted as fiat, pawncoin isn't doing much for anyone.

The others I don't know enough about to have an educated opinion.

[pandher]

Dont listen to anyone here, research yourself

[Ibian]

Look, if you just wanna gamble on fluctuations then whatever, but realize that it's about as bad as going to the local casino. If you want something with solid fundamentals then there are maybe... two? four? to choose from. And I have yet to find one that does anything important better than bitcoin does.

[Raxe.io]

Dont listen to anyone here, research yourself

This.

[Oldminer]

Einsteinium (great dev team)

Zedcoin (great dev and some awesome games coming out soon that will use it as currency)

Blackcoin (needs no explanation)

[Stratobitz]

Fluttercoin will be a big mover over the next few weeks. Do some homework on it. It's a buy.

[precrime3]

Fluttercoin will be a big mover over the next few weeks. Do some homework on it. It's a buy.

Yeah i just bought 100, plan on just sitting 1k.

[ThePatient]

Einsteinium. The team behind it is officialy a non-profit organiation now. The donation for the second epoch is being decided upon now as well.

Check it out
http://einsteinium.org/nominations/

[doge94]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=565610.0

One of the best coins I have seen in a long time. Competent devs and escrow available.

[Ibian]

Could some of you alt-fools explain a bit about why your pump of choice is worth real money.

[galbros]

I think this is one area where you really shouldn't listen to anyone else. There ain't too many neutral opinions when it comes to alts. Your own research will win out.

This is good advice, everyone will always pump their latest altcoin.  If you want to play that game you have to mine a new coin and dump it as soon as it hits an exchange.  Most coins go almost straight down after getting listed.  

I'd look for two things, first some real innovation over Bitcoin in the protocol of the coin itself.  Second, some infrastructure around the coin so it can actually be used.  Doge started as a joke, so it was a no for the first criteria but it built a community pretty quick.  It will be interesting to see if its stunts can overcome its core problem of Too Many Coins (TM).

[ThePatient]

Could some of you alt-fools explain a bit about why your pump of choice is worth real money.

2 percent of all  coins mined goes directly to a wallet controlled by the non-profit organiazation, 'the einsteinium foundation'. This coins are to be donated to a project furthering science. Every month the community sends in suggestion on which project they would like to fund. The foundation chooses some and then the community votes upon it. Each donation (and mining period) is split into 'epochs' which last aproximately a month. Last and first donation went to a researcher at yale.

So barely any other coins are run by NPOs and as transparent as EMC2. Also emc2 is, i think, the only coin which kind of has that 'tax' built into the code to gather the 2 percent of mined coins. It also has a neat 'wormhole' feature in which once an epoch, the block reward, is increased for a period of time.

It has been steady at around 600 sat for a little bit now.

Basically, imagine if it reaches 1 cent, and the donations get into the 10,000 dollar range. then maybe a little publicity, and then it happens to get to 10 cents. Once donations start getting around 50,000 or so dollar publicity should seriously increase. Which should cause a lot of people to want in.

I'm in it for long term. It is not going to go up like BC, WC, or anything that goes up 10 times in one day. But it def is worth more then 600 sat...

http://einsteinium.org/

[Ibian]

Could some of you alt-fools explain a bit about why your pump of choice is worth real money.

2 percent of all  coins mined goes directly to a wallet controlled by the non-profit organiazation, 'the einsteinium foundation'. This coins are to be donated to a project furthering science. Every month the community sends in suggestion on which project they would like to fund. The foundation chooses some and then the community votes upon it. Each donation (and mining period) is split into 'epochs' which last aproximately a month. Last and first donation went to a researcher at yale.

So barely any other coins are run by NPOs and as transparent as EMC2. Also emc2 is, i think, the only coin which kind of has that 'tax' built into the code to gather the 2 percent of mined coins. It also has a neat 'wormhole' feature in which once an epoch, the block reward, is increased for a period of time.

It has been steady at around 600 sat for a little bit now.

Basically, imagine if it reaches 1 cent, and the donations get into the 10,000 dollar range. then maybe a little publicity, and then it happens to get to 10 cents. Once donations start getting around 50,000 or so dollar publicity should seriously increase. Which should cause a lot of people to want in.

I'm in it for long term. It is not going to go up like BC, WC, or anything that goes up 10 times in one day. But it def is worth more then 600 sat...

http://einsteinium.org/

So, miners lose out on profits. Thus it is less attractive to miners, they will choose something else and the network strength will suffer for it. How is it a better store of value, currency, or means of value transfer than bitcoin to compensate for this weakness?

[TooCasual]

Darkcoin ftw... the non alt can't see my wallet coin.

TC